Fyers

This page shows how to connect a Fyers account. Complete the four steps in order. If you skip a step (for example, enabling TOTP), validation will fail.

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Step 1: Enable TOTP and get the key

You must enable TOTP first. Only after TOTP is enabled should you move to the next steps.

1. Go to My Account and click on ‘Manage Account’ (under your profile). (See screenshot 1 below)
2. Go to the section Others.
3. Scroll down to ‘External 2FA TOTP’ and click ‘Enable’. A QR code pops up along with instructions.
4. Just below the QR code there is a link (Click here to copy the key). Click it to copy the key and save it somewhere safe. You will need this key later. (See screenshot 2 below)
5. Open any authenticator app on your smartphone, such as Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator, or Authy.
6. Tap ‘Scan a QR code’ under the Add an Account section and allow access to the phone camera.
7. Enter your 4 digit PIN first. Scan the QR code shown in My Account. A 6-digit TOTP is generated.
8. Click Enable. Your TOTP is now set up.

Step 2: Set up a quick-access PIN

Do this only if a PIN is not set already.

1. Go to My Account and click on ‘Manage Account’ (under your profile). (See screenshot 1 below)
2. Scroll down to the ‘PIN’ setup option. (See screenshot 1 below)

Step 3: Create an API app

1. Visit https://fyers.in/web/api-dashboard/user-apps.
2. Enter the following details:
   • Redirect Url: https://webx.stocksdeveloper.in/auth/fyersCopy
   • Postback Url (Optional): https://apix.stocksdeveloper.in/postback/fyersCopy
3. See the screenshot below.
4. Click Create App.
5. After the app is created, you get an App ID and Secret ID. (See screenshot 3 below)
6. Register both your Primary and Secondary Static IPs. See Static IP setup to learn how to get static IPs.

Step 4: Add the account in AutoTrader Web

1. In AutoTrader Web, open the menu (Accounts -> Trading Accounts).
2. To add an account for the first time, click Create. To edit an existing one, click the small EDIT icon next to your Fyers account’s client id or login id.
   1. Select broker Fyers.
   2. Select platform FYERS_API_IPV6.
   3. Enter your Fyers login id.
   4. Click the Static IP button to get your static IPs.
   5. Enter your TOTP secret key.
   6. Enter your 4 digit pin.
   7. Enter your App ID (API). Paste the entire App ID, including the 3 digits at the end.
   8. Enter your Secret ID (API).
   9. Click Validate.
   10. On successful validation, click Save to save the account.

That is it. Your Fyers account is added. Be sure to read the known limitations.

Screenshots

1. Fyers TOTP Generation

2. Fyers TOTP Key

3. Fyers API App

Bracket and cover orders on Fyers

Fyers offers bracket and cover orders of its own, and you can carry on using them — they are still in the Variety list and nothing about them changes. AutoTrader has its own versions too, and they are worth knowing about because they behave the same way on every broker you trade.

An AutoTrader bracket order (AT_BO) attaches a target and a stop-loss to your Fyers order, with an optional trailing stop that follows the price in your favour and never moves back. An AutoTrader cover order (AT_CO) is the same thing with a stop-loss only. Your entry reaches Fyers as an ordinary intraday order, and AutoTrader Web watches the price and sends the closing order when your level is reached. Use it when you want a trailing stop that behaves identically across brokers, when you want to change your levels after placing, or when you trade several brokers and want one set of rules.

Place one from the order window, from your own code, or from a chart alert. It is intraday only, it does not give you the extra intraday margin some brokers give on their own bracket orders, and the position is squared off automatically a short while before the market closes.

Read the risk before you use it. A stop-loss decides when we try to exit — it does not decide the price you get. A sudden move can take the price straight past your level, so your loss can be larger than the stop-loss you set. The full explanation, and the one-time terms you agree to before your first one, are on Bracket & Cover Orders.